● The Giants 0 - 2 Rakuten ○
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Yasushi Tao, who served as a commentator for the Nippon Broadcasting System Show Up Nighter The Giants vs. Rakuten broadcast on the 6th, commented on Rakuten 's Hideto Asamura.

In his third at-bat in the sixth inning with the score tied at 0-0 and two runner and no runners on base, Asamura swung at the second breaking ball thrown by The Giants starter Yushi Akaboshi after a ball count, and hit a solo home run into the left-center field stands for the team's fifth run of the game.

Tao reflected, "He was as expected. I think it was a curveball, but he called the ball in well and swung perfectly at the point of contact. He wasn't fooled."

Asamura caught a shot that Eito Tanaka threw from 1 ball 1 strike in the 8th inning, 1-0, with one out and three on, and broke third base line the ball doble in time. Tao was surprised, saying, "I couldn't hit a fly, but I did well fair field to put it inside a difficult shot type.

(Nippon Broadcasting System Show Up Nighter)